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Whatever you do, don't buy an Nvidia GPU right now | Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Meh I'm still gonna buy a 4070 Ti on Black Friday. Wish I could wait but my other half wants a PC for Christmas.

[–] dellish 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Perhaps this is a good place to ask now the topic has been raised. I have an ASUS TUF A15 laptop with an nVidia GTX 1650Ti graphics card and I am SO sick of 500MB driver "updates" that are basically beta tests that break one thing or another. What are the chances of upgrading to a Raedon/AMD graphics card? Or am I stuck with this shit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

In my experience, AMD is not more reliable on updates. I had to clean install trice to be able to have my RX 6600 function properly and months later, I have a freezing issue that may be caused by my GPU.

[–] gazab 1 points 9 months ago

You could use an separate external gpu if you have thunderbolt ports. It's not cheap and you sacrifice some performance but worth it for the flexibility in my opinion. Check out https://egpu.io/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Only slightly related question: is there such a thing as an external nVidia GPU for AI models? I know I can rent cloud GPUs but I am wondering if long-term something like an external GPU might be worth it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Generally speaking, buying outright is always cheaper than renting, because you can always continue to run the device potentially for years, or sell it to reclaim some capital.

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic -2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

If the super is even remotely priced in a reasonable way I'll be jumping on the 4080. Finally will get close to consistent 4k60.

[–] NOT_RICK 2 points 9 months ago

Don’t hold your breath, buddy

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (9 children)

It would help if they had any competitors. AMD and Intel aren’t cutting it.

[–] Fridgeratr 3 points 9 months ago

AMD is absolutely cutting it!! They may not get DLSS or ray trace as well but their cards still kick ass

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